Comment 13 for bug 1878596

------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2020-05-22 10:29 EDT-------
I have attached the crash install logs and a screen shot of the Storage Configuration panel. As you can see the "Add VTOC Partition" is not highlighted and cannot be selected. Going back to the DASD storage. You can configure 3390 DASD in multiples of a 3390 MOD1 so you're not limited to the traditional 3390 sizes such as 3390 MOD3, 3390 MOD9, 3390 MOD27, and 3390 MOD54. The DASD storage I defined is a 3390 MOD60 (60 * MOD1). I did not format it in z/VM using CPFMTXA. The storage defined has never been used. We dedicated to the guest which we have done for past install of Ubuntu 18.04 and other Linux on IBM Z distros. We never had a problem. Thinking that it may be that it isn't formatted may be the problem, I format the DASD in z/VM using CPFMTXA. Still have the same problem. From you screen shot you provided with a volser of LX0200, the DASD looks like it has been used before by Linux and was formatted using dasdfmt.

As for the subiquity installer looking for updates at the beginning and if there is one, it let's you know and offers to update itself, I don't get it in the beginning. I do get it on a reinstall. I did request the update, but it did not resolve my DASD having 0B of storage. Going into the shell and doing a dasdfmt on the DASD did solved my problem. The correct size of 50GB shows up on a reinstall, but having to go into the shell and doing a dasdfmt is pretty awkward during an installation. I did experience multiple crash going back and forth.

A question about parmfile. The parmfile line is limited to 80 characters. Is there a way to continue pass 80 characters. I need to specify addition DNS. I need a total of 2. the ip line just fits the ip information with 1 DNS. Probably that is why I'm not prompted for the installer update in the beginning but subsequently after I add the second DNS during the install.